X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/tripe/blobdiff_plain/75566d17f4fd0f18a88360294d6561b25e3681e5..c7737d905aad7a2aaf523b1444f2b69a0088402a:/svc/connect.in

diff --git a/svc/connect.in b/svc/connect.in
index 607a6561..7a935723 100644
--- a/svc/connect.in
+++ b/svc/connect.in
@@ -296,12 +296,15 @@ class Peer (object):
     a FILTER function is given then apply it to the information from the
     database before returning it.
     """
-    attr = me.__dict__.get(key, default)
-    if attr is _magic:
-      raise T.TripeJobError('malformed-peer', me.name, 'missing-key', key)
-    elif filter is not None:
-      attr = filter(attr)
-    return attr
+    try:
+      attr = me.__dict__[key]
+    except KeyError:
+      if default is _magic:
+        raise T.TripeJobError('malformed-peer', me.name, 'missing-key', key)
+      return default
+    else:
+      if filter is not None: attr = filter(attr)
+      return attr
 
   def has(me, key):
     """